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Mirabel recently completed its Sixth Annual Hope for the Cause Charity Classic and presented Scottsdale Healthcare Research Institute with a check for $260,000. The two week-long series of events included a 5k, men’s and women’s golf tournaments, a ladies’ tennis match, and bridge. The event began with a panel of Scottsdale Healthcare Research Institute physicians who shared their most recent advances. The closing event was a reception with a live and silent auction. In the past six years, Hope for the Cause has donated more than $930,000 to benefit the Scottsdale Healthcare Research Institute at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center, Scottsdale Healthcare.

The donated funds are dedicated to supporting patients in the Cancer Clinical Trials program. These trials are the first steps for receiving drug approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

The event also represents a significant commitment both in time and resources from the Mirabel membership, staff, friends and community.It reflects the overall dedication of the Mirabel community to help those in need.

In honor of their tremendous support throughout the years, the Patient Treatment/Infusion Suite at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare was dedicated and officially named The Mirabel Clinical Trials Infusion Suite. The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare opened in 2001 as the first major cancer center in greater Phoenix, offering comprehensive cancer care and research through Phase I clinical trials, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and support services in collaboration with leading researchers and community oncologists.

Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials at Scottsdale Healthcare is known worldwide for its expertise in studying new treatments for pancreatic cancer. It is a co-lead site with Dr. Von Hoff as the principal investigator for Stand Up to Cancer’s Pancreatic Cancer Dream Team comprised of scientists working to develop new treatments for pancreatic cancer. An affiliate of the Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network, the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare, is designated by the Association of Community Cancer Centers as a Community Resource Center for Pancreatic Cancer and holds Accreditation with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.